There was a vast difference in obesity prevalence between the WHO and the WPRO criteria.
Obesity prevalence when using the WPRO definition (23.8%) was almost five times greater
than when defined with the WHO standard (4.9%). The present study found a high prevalence
of overweight and obesity in nationally representative sample of the Thai population.
Higher rates of overweight and obesity prevalence were computed using the WPRO standard
when compared to the WHO standard.
(Eating Weight Disord. 16: e242-e249, 2011). ©2011, Editrice